Westbound mty train is seconds away from exiting Elkhorn Tunnel, then it's all downhill to Iaeger.

With an R.J. Corman crew manning the motors, leased power slowly creeps forward while being loaded at the National Coal Baldwin washer. Remnants of Hurrican Fay soaked everyone present for the day... (more)

Having originated out of John Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN, a coal train derailed a week ago under the Middlesboro Mining loadout. Two hoppers were rerailed with another suffering damage and skidd... (more)

Great care has gone in the detail....

Dwarfed by the Nemo Tunnel portal, a standard cab bursts out and heads south down the grade on the Rathole.

Two brakemen prepare to hook up forty loaded coal hoppers at the Apollo Fuels yard in Middlesboro, KY. The 78E is on it's second crew due to hitting a trespasser on the tracks in Tazewell, TN hour... (more)

Southbound K803 heads up the beginning of the Duff Mountain grade and will not need a helper today.

Pushers on the rear roar backward thru Elkhorn Tunnel. The giant ventilation shroud and fans provide a frame for photographers, a leftover from the steam days.

Striving for Clarks Gap on a Hill Run, U86 pushers are down to a crawl as they prepare to enter Tunnel 9 under the photographer. The WV hills are alive with color on the P-D.

A cable winching system or car mover is used to pull empty woodchip hoppers under the loadout, seen in the distance. The winch motors are housed in the yellow boxes on both sides of the tracks, wi... (more)

With a heavy rain adding to the misery of the deep snow, a westbound glides downhill out of Elkhorn Tunnel on the Pokey.

Working the switch at Hagans Switchback, U016.18 prepares to put the two pieces back together before heading north under Cumberland Mountain and into Harlan County, KY. The brakeman had to follow ... (more)

Dwarfing a gunite concrete crew relining the tunnel, NS 229 roars out of Nemo Tunnel into the final rays of sun, deep within the Emory River gorge.

Backing up to load at Jamboree 5 on the Delorem Branch, the caboose has just entered Kentucky with the power and mtys still in WV across the Tug Fork river. Fitting that the conductor is sporting ... (more)

Former SP unit and tunnel motor 8569, now doing work for R.J. Corman on the Loup Creek branch, is tied down at Mt. Hope. Note the steepness of the company spur.